Reel-carrier



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L. D. ARNOLD. REEL CARRIER Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

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L. D. ARNOLD.

REEL CARRIER Patented Apr. 7, 189.6.

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LEMUEL D. ARNOLD, OF MOUNT AUBURN, ILLINOIS.

REEL-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 557,752, dated April '7,1896. Application iled'J'une 8, 1895. Serial No. 552,125. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMUEL D. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Auburn, in the county of Christian and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Reel-Carrier, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in reel-carriers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construct-ion ofreel-carriers and to provide a simple and inexpensive one adapted to bereadily mounted on and carried by a Wagon or other vehicle and capableof rapidly winding up fencing-wire and of enabling the same to bereadily unwound for fence construction.

A further object of the invention is to en able the reel or windingmechanism to be readily transferred from one side of a vehicle to theother in order that it may at all times be sufiiciently close to a fenceto readily take up or pay out the fence-wire.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel-carrierconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to awagon. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional 'iew of the same. Fig. 3 is aplan view showing the reel arranged at one side of the wagon in fulllines and at the opposite side in dotted lines.

Lilie numerals of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all thegures of the drawings.

1 designates a transverse bar detachably mounted on the upper edges ofthe sides of a wagon-body 2 and located near the rear end thereof andprovided at opposite sides of the body with depending loosely-mountedhooks 3, located on the outer faces of the sides of the body anddetachably engaging depending anges d of plates 5. The plates 5 havetheir upper edges bent outward and downward to form the iianges i andare provided at the rear ends or edges of the flanges with lugs G,forming stops and preventing the hooks from becoming disengaged from thedepending iianges.

The transverse bar is provided at its ends with bearings 7, composed ofvertical arms or bars provided with bearingopenings and adapted toreceive the outer ends of a horizontally-disposed spool-carrying shaft 8to enable a spool 9, which is mounted on the shaft, to be arranged ateither side of the wagon-body, so as to occupy a position adjacent to afence, so as to readily take up fencewire when it is desired to changethe position of a fence, and also to pay out fence-wire and lay the sameadjacent to the fence to bc constructed.

The spool-carrying shaft S is journaled in suitable bearings of areversible frame 10, which is adapted to be swung horizontally half -wayround and adjusted laterally to change the outer end of the shaft 8 fromone bearing 7 to the other. The frame 10 comprises a base 1l, a topportion 12, and substantially U-shaped standards 13, disposedlongitudinally of the vehicle and secured to the base and supporting thetop 12. The base has mounted on it a depending bolt la, which is locatedin a longitudinal slot of the transverse bar 1, and which projects belowthe latter and receives a nut 16.v The fastening device 14 forms thepivot of the reversible horizontallyswinging frame and is capable ofmoving longitudinally of the slot of the transverse bar to enable thespool-receiving shaft to be introduced into and removed from either ofthe bearings 7.

The nut 16 is provided with a handle to assist in tightening it, and awasher is interposed between the nut and the lower face of thetransverse bar l and spans the slot l5 thereof and provides a bearingvsurface for the nut.

W'hen it is desired to reverse the frame and change the spool from oneside of the wagon to the other, the nut is loosened and the boltoperates as a pivot.

vWhen a spool is full,the frame may be swung around to bring the spoolover the wagonbody to enable the spool to be conveniently removed fromthe shaft and placed in the wagon.

The top 12 of the frame is provided with a IOO longitudinal opening andhas bearings for the shaft S and for a counter-shaft 17, which isconnected by gearing with the spOOLreceiV- ing shaft. The gear-wheels 18and 19 which connect the shafts are of different diameters, the largerbeing keyed or otherwise fixed with the shaft 17 to increase the speedof the spool-carrying shaft. The shaft 17 has one end squared for thereception of a crankhandle 20, by which the gearing is operated.

A pawl 2l is pivotally mounted on the top of the frame and is located atone end of the opening thereof in which the gear-wheels are placed, andit engages a ratchet-wheel 22, carried by a spool-receiving shaft S.rllhis pawl and ratchet prevent any backward movement of the shaft inwindin g wire on the spool.

A brake-lever 23 is fulcrumcd at one side of the top of the frame andfrictionally engages the spool-receivin g shaft to prevent a a too rapidrotation of the same in paying out wire for fence construction. Theshaft S is provided with an arm 2l, which is adapted to engage awire-spool to hold the same rigid with the shaft.

It will be seen that the reel-carrier is efe ceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily mounted ona vehicle, and that it is capable of being quickly changed from one sideof the vehicle to the other to enable the spool to be always arranged atthe side of the fence.

It will also be apparent that it greatly facilitates the handling offence-wire, and that when a spool is full it may be readily swung aroundto a position over the wagon-body to facilitate its removal.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmaybe resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

W'hat l claim is- 1. The combination of atransverse bar designed to bemounted upon a wagon-body and adapted to project from opposite sidesthereof and provided at its ends with vertical arms having bearings, areversible frame pivotally mounted on the transverse bar and providedwith a laterally-projecting spool-receiving shaft and arranged to swinghorizontally to bring the shaft to either of the said bearings, wherebya spool may be located at either side of the wagon-body, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of a transverse bar designed to be mounted upon awagon-body and provided with a centrally-arran ged longitudinal slot,vertical arms arranged at the ends of the transverse bar and providedwith bearings, areversible frame pivotally mounted on the transverse barand arranged to swing horizontally from one side of the same to theother, a spool-receiving shaft projecting laterally from the frame andadapted to be carried by the same from one side of the transverse bar tothe other, a fastening device depending from said frame and arranged inthe slot of the transverse bar and forming the pivot of the frame, andadapted to move longitudinally of the slot to permit the shaft to beintroduced into and removed from the bearings, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEMUEL D. ARNOLD. 1Witnesses:

JOHN YV. AUGUR, JOHN C. FAIT.

